A grandmother who lost her bracelet whilst taking rubbish to the tip has been reunited with the precious piece of jewellery as it was found by workers.

Kath Groom, 61 from Ingolsby dropped garden waste off at the recycling centre in Grantham and when she returned home she'd realised that she had lost her bracelet.

The bracelet was bought on a honeymoon in Spain over 15 years ago by her husband and Kath searched high and low at home at home but couldn't find it.

She said: "I was absolutely gutted when I realised the bracelet was missing. I went through an initial stage of telling myself to calm down and that it would be in my clothing or that it might be outside in the garden.

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A week later, Kath went back to the tip to drop off some more garden waste and she happened to mention the lost bracelet to a staff member.

Kath added: “My conversation was overheard by another member of staff who asked me to describe the bracelet. He then took me to an office where it had been kept. I was absolutely overjoyed. Terry, one of the operators, even told me they’d tried to find me on their CCTV system so they could try to get in touch with me and return it.

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“The chaps at the tip were absolutely marvellous and a credit to the organisation. I will always be grateful to them.”

Ian Taylor, waste services team leader at Lincolnshire County Council, said: “This is such a heart-warming story. I am delighted that the guys at the recycling centre were able to reunite Kath with her bracelet.”